1961-09-16 — Page 4

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL

JUST look at this picture,

„Hanid!" Knarf, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Name, said to his sister.

Hanid leaned over to look at

Marvelous Merlin

-Turns Picture Swimming Hole Into Real One-

was

As he said this, Mr Merlin chest and strode up to the edge the picture in Knarf's book. It stuck the beach umbrella in the of the swimming hole not far showed a deep pool of water floor just to one side of the from where the willow tree was starotcded by high rocks;; a book Knarf

I looking down at its own image reading. wllow tree hung over the side should have mentioned to you in the cool water. Then he of the water as though it were that the book was spread out climbed up on one of the rocks. looking at its own image in the on the floor. mirer.

He put his hands together in front of him and bent his knees.

Swimming hole

"But Mr Merlin!" cried Hand "You can't go swimming! There isn't any place to go swimming said in."

“It's a swimming_bole,” Krari, “Don't you wish it were

"Isn't there?" asked Mr Aler- lin kid answered that she cer-

"What do you call that?” the swim- tainly did wish it were a real he said, pointing to swimming tole instead of just ming hole.

a picture of one,

"Because,” she added, “if it were a real one we could both

go swimming in it.”

Lots to learn

"That's just а picture in book," said Hanid.

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I ought to tell you that it was a hot, sunny day, just ex- "What's wrong with going actly the right kind of day to swimming in a picture in * go swimming.

book?" asked Me Merlin.

At that moment who should

come walking, out from behind Knart and Hanid both shout- the bookcase dressed in a green ed that nobody could go swim- bathing suit and carrying a ming in a picture in a book. large yellow unbrella · but Mr Merlin, the Marvelous and Mag- nificent Magician.

"Ei. Kids!” said Mr Merlin. "How about joining me for a

He got all ready to jump.

"Keep your eyes on me, Kids," he said. "You're about to see a beautiful dive."

Knarf and Hanid certainly kept their eyes on Mr Merlin, for if they were sure of any- thing, they were sure he was going in the middle of the hard book,"

Dived in

Up in the air sprang the Marvelous and Magnificent Ma- gician! Down he came with his hands pointed in front of him like a spear!

"Just watch me," said Mr The next second, Mr Merlin Merlin. "You've got a lot

to hit the picture-book swimming learn about swimming."

hole. There was a delightful splash, Mr Merlin disappeared Saying this, Mr Merlin drew into real water! 3 deep breath, puffed-out his

--MADDOCKS BY IDICHT KSAUSE †HE HAD IT IN HIM, Four D. Jones HIS BLADE OF

GRASS ACT RAS

SUPERB

HE'S ROUND THE BEND, CLAMBAKE! I WASN'T

DOING ANYTHING

Koart and Hanid could hardly

HEY! I'VE SEARCHED EVERYWHERE FOR THAT HOOD AND CAN'T FIND IT WHAT

DID YOU DO

WITH IT?

believe their eyes. Their mouths dropped open in astonishment. They couldn't say anything!

Dripping wet

And for the rest of the after- ncon, Knarf and Hanid. who never thought they could do it, went swimming in an old swim- ming hole on this hot, sunny summer's day.

Marvelous magician

"You're such а Marvelous Magician!" Hanid said later as she and Knarf were stretched our next to Mr Merlin under After a moment, Mr Merlin his yellow beach umbrella.

"Thank you," said Mr Merlin. came bobbing up to the top of the water again. He was drip- "You must be the only Ma- ping wet.

gician in the whole world who "Best swimming hole I ever can turn a picture-book swim-

real one, swam in," he said. "You'll and ming hole into a

Knarf said. two bathing suits under my am- brella. Put them on and join "You're right," said Mr Mer- me here. The water's great!" lin modestly.

Rupert and the Secret Path-16

Rupert gazes in curiosity at the satchel. Do you want to know more about my invention ? " whispers Bingo. "Well, it doesn't make any noise so there's no reason why you shouldn't see what it looks like." There is a large. fla bowl on the shelf and into it he pours some of the new fuse

|JUST SIGNÉ THERE, THAT'S BE

IT, OH SPLENDID

___SPLENDID____

WHAT DID I SAY,

DAD? SIGH HIM IN THE SCHOOL, LIKE I MEAN, QUICK MAN

IN THIS BUSINESS MODESTY DON'T EXIST MAN. UKE I MEAN, MOVE WITH THE TIDE BOY, PLAY IT COOL

LOOK, BEAT IT, KID, I'M. IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING

AN ACTOR, SO SEARCH SOME MORE, EH?. 1982 T

WELL. I DON'T KNOW HOW. I DID IT. SO NOW WHAT DO I DO?

HE'S COOL, THAT

BOY

COOL

powder. I've got some matches in my pocket." he says. ** Now stand back a bit and I'll light the edge. There Isn't that lovely colour ?" In a moment the powder has all burned, the smoke has drited away, and Rupert and Bingo silently creep down to the foor below.

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